Virginia’s elections are certified; Catalano holds on to Stanardsville seat on Greene Board

In just a few short minutes on the afternoon of December 1, the body that oversees elections in Virginia took an action to officially accept the results of three statewide races as well all hundred seats in the House of Delegates.

“Per Virginia Code, the results for these contests must be endorsed and subscribed on a certified statement from the State Board of Elections,” said John Cronin, Elections and Registration Services Supervisor for the Virginia Department of Elections.

After the elections, registrars across Virginia entered data into the official reporting software and the Virginia Election and Registration System.

“Within 10 days after the election, local electoral boards conducted provisional ballot meetings and canvases to ascertain and certify election results for their localities,” Cronin said. “Upon completion of canvas, the Registrars forwarded their locality certified abstracts of votes and when applicable, write in certifications to the Department of Elections.”

The upshot of this is that if you go to the Virginia Department of Elections results page, you now see the official results.

When you look at Greene County, you see that incumbent Stephen Catalano won re-election to the Stanardsville seat on the Board of Supervisors with a nine-vote margin over challenger Jason Snow.

The two races for Greene County’s School Board were both unchallenged and were won by write-in candidates.

In the Stanardsville District, Rebecca Roach won election with 226 votes, or 44.4 percent of the total write-in ballot.

In the Midway District, David J. Mastervich won with 269 votes or 53.91 percent of the total write-in ballot.

Susan Beals, the Commissioner of Elections, took the time to thank registrars across the state as well as Department of Elections staff for their work checking and rechecking the results. At the last Board meeting, the 92nd House of Delegates district was selected at random for a process known as a “risk limiting audit.”

“The RLA was held on Thursday, November 20th at 10:00am and included the cities of Norfolk and Chesapeake,” Beals said. “The risk limit was successfully met in the first round, confirming that the voting machines accurately reported the outcome of the race.”

There are two upcoming special elections in Virginia according to the Department of Elections website.

On December 9 there will be a vote in Fairfax County to replace the Braddock District seat on the Board of Supervisors. This is to fill the seat vacated when James Walkinshaw won a special election to replace the late Gerald Connelly in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District.

On February 3 there will be a special election to replace the treasurer of Caroline County when the previous occupant resigned on October 5.

Remaining to be scheduled is a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 15 created with the election of Ghazala Hashmi as Lieutenant Governor. That date has not yet been set.

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